Train-order holder.



A. S. JOHNSON & W. N. WAIDE.

TRAIN ORDER HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. I8. 1916.

Patented Feb. 13, 1917.

2 SHEETS-SHEET l- Inventor A. S. JOHNSON & W. N. WAIDE.

TRAIN ORDER HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 18, I916.

1,21 5,939. Patented Feb. 13, 1917.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

. Elk/{way Witnesses ml fl dg Inventors by R i lllhlitTEi) FATENT ABRAHAM S. JOHNSON AND WILLIAM N. WAIDE, OF TRENT, WASHINGTON.

TRAIN-ORDER HOLDER.

7 Application filed April 18, 1916.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ABRAHAM S. Jonason and WILLIAM: N. VVAIDE, citizens of the United States, residing at Trent, in the county of Spokane, State Of lVashington, have invented a new and useful Train- Order Holder, of which. the following is a specification.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is adapted to be employed upon railways, and is so constructed that a member which is mounted upon a moving tram, may remove train orders and the like, from a supporting structure which is mounted in the right of way.

One object of the invention is to provide a vehicle carried member oi? novel and improved form, and to provide a fixed structure adapted to hold train orders and the like, for removal by the vehicle carried member.

Another object of the invention is to provide a plurality of holders adapted to be positioned for successive engagement by the vehicle carried member whereby train orders or the like are removed from the holders.

Another object of the invention is to provide novel means for limiting the movement of the holders with respect to each other, under the impulse of the vehicle carried member whereby the train orders are removed.

lVith the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details oi construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 shows the invention in side elevation, the lowermost holder being position'ed. to cooperate with the vehicle carried member;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation, showing the'uppermost holder positioned for cooperation with the vehicle carried member;

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 13, 191?.

Serial No. 91,985.

Fig. 3 is a detail perspective of the support;

Fig. 4: is a detail perspective showing one element of the spring fingers which constitute a part of the vehicle carried member;

Fig. 5 is a detail perspective of the securing device whereby the element depicted in Fig. lis held in place;

' Fig. 6 is a iragmental top plan of the vchicle carried member whereby the train orders are removed; and

Fig. 7 is a section upon the line AB of Fig. 1.

The device includes a base, ordinarily consisting of a post 1, which may be embedded in the ground in close vicinity to the railway track. Fixed in the upper end of this post 1 and rising above the same, is a standard 2, upon which an upper holder 3 and a lower holder 4C are mounted, both for rotation and for gravitational sliding movement. Each holder includes a tubular body 5, embracing the standard 2, the upper end of the tubular body 5 of the lower holder 4. terminating in a ball 6, adapted to fit rotatably in a socket 7 constituting the lower end of the tubular body 5 of the upper holder 3. Each tubular body 5 is provided with a pair of spaced, outstanding spring arms 8, the extremities of which are bent in opposite directions, as shown at 9, to retain in place an article carrier, the article carrier consisting of a flexible member 10, preferably a cord, upon the ends of which are rings 11, the rings 11 being adapted to be slipped over the ends of the spring arms 8, and thus to be held in place thereon, owing to the resiliency of the arms.

The invention further includes a support, denoted generally by the numeral 12 in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, and shown in detail in Fig. 3. It will here be seen that the support 12 comprises a U-shaped portion 14c, the lower ends of which are outwardly bent in opposite directions, to form shoulders 15 adapted to rest upon the top of the post .1, the lower ends of the member 14 having openings to receive nails, screws or the'like, whereby the support 12 is secured on the post 1. The support 12 is spaced at some distance from the standard 2, and is provided in its upper end with a seat 16, in which the lower arms of the holders 3 and -11 are adapted to rest successively. In Fig. 1, the holder 4 is shown as resting upon the support 12, and in Fig. 2 the holder 3 is shown in position upon the support 12, the operation whereby these holders are successively positioned upon the support being explained hereinafter.

A fork 17 is provided, having at its upper end a socket 18, whereby the fork may be mounted upon the upper end of the standard 2. The arms of this fork 17 extend downwardly, and inclose between them, the upper holder 3, when the holders are positioned as shown in Fig. 1.

A portion of the body of a car or engine is shown conventionally in the drawings, and denoted by the numeral 19. To this portion 19 of the vehicle an arm 20 hinged as SllOWl']. at 21, to outstand substantially at right angles to the side face of the car, the arm 20 being suitably braced, as shown at 21, the braces being removably connected with the vehicle 19, so that the arm 20 may be moved from its outstanding position. This arm 20 carries a plurality of spring fingers which project forwardly. Each finger consists of a U-shaped part, shown in detail in Fig. 4-. These U-shaped parts are flattened at one end as denoted by the numeral 22, their arms 28 convexing slightly from each other. In the flattened end face 22 there is anopening 25, adapted to receive the shank 26 of a bolt, the bolt being provided, as shown in Fig. 5, with a conical head 27. The U-shaped members are placed side by side upon the arm 20, the parts 23 being in contact, in successive U-shaped members, as shown in Fig. 6. The shank 26 of the bolt is then thrust through theopen- 7 ing 25, and extended through the arm 20, a

not 27 being mounted upon the endsof the shank 26, to hold the U-shaped members in place upon the arm 20.

Referring to Fig. 1 of the drawings, the operation of the'device is as follows:

As the train approaches the post 1, the arm 20 of the vehicle carried member will pass between the spring arms 8 of the lower holder 4., which said lower holder 4 isrest ing in the 'seat 16 of the support .12. 7 As the arm 20 passesbetween the portrons 8 of the holder a, the cord 10'which carries the train order or other article, will,

through theinstrumentality of the conical heads 2?, be deflected between and held by the resilient arms 23. The cord 10 and the train order or the like, being subsequently removedfrom between the arms 23, by some person .upon the train. i

This operation of removing the cord 10 from cthe arms 8 of the lower holder & will cause the said holder to rotate upon the 7 a and moved from the top of the support 12,

the upper holder'3 will drop downwardly, and rest in the seat 16, the upper holder 3 thus assuming the position previously occupied by the holder 1. The upper holder 3 is shownthus disposed in Fig. 2. By reason of the fact that the upper holder 3, when in the position shown in Fig. 1, is straddled by the fork 17, the rotation of the lower holder 1- will have no effect upon the upper holder 3, so far as rotating the upper holder 3 is concerned. Moreover the fork 17 will so position the upper holder 3, that, when the lower holder 1 is rotated, the upper holder 3 will drop intothe seat 16.

A train order or other article may be.

mounted upon the lower holder 41-, and another train order or the like may be mounted upon the upper hol-der'3. The train first passing by the post 1 will remove the train order from the lower holder 4, the upper holder 3 being automatically positioned I anovement, the lower holder being rotatable to disengage itself from the support and to permit the lower holder to move downwardly; anupper holder supported 'on the lower holder; means for mounting the upper holder on the standard for downward sliding. movement when the lower holder gaging the upper holder to deposit'the upper holder on the support whenthe upper and lower holders move downwardly.

2.111 a device of the class described, vertical standard; a lower'holder; means for mounting the lower holder on the standard 7 r for horizontal rotation and for downward shding movement; a support engaging the lower holder against. downward movement,

moves downwardly; and guiding means enthe lowerholdenbeing rotatable todisen:

gage itself from the supportand to permit the lower holder to "move downwardly; an

upper holder supported on the lower holder;

means for mounting, the upper holder on the iao standard for horizontal rotation, and for as our own, We have hereto affixed our signadownward slidlng movement when the lower tures 111 the presence of two wltnesses.

holder moves downwardlyand a fork carried by the standard and engaging the upper ABRAHAM JOHNSON holder to guide the upper holder onto the TILLIAM WAIDE' support when both holders move down- Witnesses: wardly. A. L. WALTON, In testimony that we claim the foregoing G. B. OBRIEN.

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